Cigarette butts transformed into high-performance supercapacitor component
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Billions of cigarette butts are discarded around the world each year and, even when disposed of properly, pose a threat to the environment by leaching arsenic, lead and other nasty chemicals into land and waterways. New research shows these butts could be set for a new lease on life, with a team of Korean scientists demonstrating that used cigarette filters could actually double as a highly-effective energy storage material. .. Continue Reading Cigarette butts transformed into high-performance supercapacitor component
Section: Environment
Tags: Cigarettes, Energy, Environment, Seoul National University, South Korea, Supercapacitor
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